Livonia Avenue & Powell Street

Livonia Avenue and Powell Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodson development. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Livonia Park is 40 feet away, and Tilden Community Center is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Junius St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them religious buildings.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junius St
110 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Junius St/Livonia Av · T426
Within a walk
16 places
4 religious buildings, 3 older adult centers and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Livonia Avenue & Powell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junius St, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St 3
    110 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    500 feet
    L
  2. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Junius St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junius St/Livonia Av, 280 feet away, for the T426.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St/Livonia Av T426
    280 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Livonia Avenue and Powell Street.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Van Sinderen Ave 18 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Woodson development.

Since 2014 at least 382 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Livonia Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Livonia Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Powell Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Powell Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Height Educational Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Livonia Park
    40 feet
  2. Powell Street Garden
    50 feet
  3. Van Dyke Playground
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nehemiah Park
    850 feet
  2. Lion's Pride Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Floyd Patterson Ballfields Park
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    1,040 feet
  2. Our Lady Mercy Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 430 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    530 feet
  2. Older adult center at 460 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    820 feet
  3. Tilden Community Center
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 630 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Van Dyke I Police station
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    690 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Livonia Avenue or Powell Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.